Layers of Jade: Papuya

When you smell it for the first time, you’re not sure – was your nose set up for a verdant ambush or is this the most soulful green zen you’ve ever smelled? Or both?

And where on Earth does this smell come from? It’s like you’ve stepped into a sonorous forest alive with petrichor… but not on this planet. 

If you’ve never smelled the verve of green vetiver roots, then there’s a hole in your olfactory palette. An experience so lush and herbaceous, green Indian khus smells almost more full of life than lying nose down in a forest trail listening to the humm of the Earth. 

Imagine that level of green; then picture those wild roots drenched in the aboriginal foliage of wild Papuan agarwood.

When we gave one of the attendees at the Hong Kong OudFest a spritz of Layers of Jade and then later a swipe of Green Papua to explain that this is the actual oud in the perfume, a light went on… “Ahhhh, yes, I can smell the perfume is full of this!”

Because Layers of Jade is a highly unusual perfume, the desire to keep sniffing it is dialed up a notch. What IS this? But it’s not just because of the scent’s uniqueness, but also because the vegetative oud-injected herbal pull is naturally inviting. 

One attendee at the HK OudFest lost track of time with his nose stuck to the scent strip as if there was no one else around him. We literally had to snap him out of it!

Take the pure earthen artisanal oud of the greenest order that rides atop the vibrant vetiver and strap on the ethereal sweet wings of rose otto and smell the scent take off and quickly fill the room.

The green resinous tenor of Green Papua and vintage (23-years-old) Malaysian tigerwood oud is amped up further by tobacco leaf and then sweetened by plum and castoreum, all fizzing with the vitalizing spicy vigor of patchouli. 

TOP
Japanese Hinoki
Pink Pepper

HEART
Blackcurrant
Rose Otto
Plum

BASE
Papuya (Oriscent)
Green Papua Oud (Wild)
Vintage Malaysian Oud (Wild)
Green Vetiver
Orris Butter
Patchouli
Tobacco

Alongside Green Papua, this bespoke edition features a full 3 grams of Papuya, an extremely rare Oriscent distillation that injects the green profile with piercing Papuan resin to drench this verdant composition in an oud that smells like it was made specially for this frag.

Papuya was distilled from giant live-tree New Guinea gyrinops, Oriscent-style, and imbues the profile with exquisite Papuan incense. Because of the substantial addition of Papuya, its presence isn’t merely an echo. Along with the Vintage Malaysian and Irian Jaya oud, Papuya’s soulful resin flows through the entire scent, starting with a distinct green opening that now smells thicker, entangled with wafts of New Guinea’s cool incense. And if you enjoy studying how a perfume winds down, Papuya becomes even more prominent during the drydown when you smell the Oriscent oud emerge from the iris dripping and exposed.

The result is green zen in a bottle.

Featured Testimonials…

Let me introduce everyone to the greener twin of Oud SQ, Layers of Jade.

Indeed, I find the oud in both to be very dark and earthly, however Layers of jade stands out in its own right.

The vetiver and Green Papua make it unique in its own right. Enough even to be called “green SQ Oud” but I think Layers of jade sounds better.

Now myself personally I’m not too big on vetiver, but Ensar Oud managed to take something like vetiver and make into one of my favourite fragrances. The vetiver is very clean and pleasing when mixed with oud, makes me want to buy another bottle.

—Jesse G / USA